One other idea. The proto package also does currying. If f a method
(i.e. an R function
that takes an object as arg1 then p$f, i.e. the $.proto function,
returns function(...) f(p, ...).
Looking at the code for setDefaults as in my prior response and/or
proto should give
you some ideas.
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Gabor Grothendieck
<ggrothendi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Have a look at the setDefaults package. It will set the default
> arguments of a function to whatever you specify so that
> if you omit them then those are the values you get for them.
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:25 PM, nosek <nospa...@interia.pl> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> in a desperate desire of using partial function application in R I fried out
>> the following piece of code:
>>
>> bind <- function( f, ... ) {
>> args <- list(...)
>> function(...) f( ..., unlist(args) )
>> }
>>
>> Its purpose, if not clear, is to return a function with part of its
>> arguments bound to specific values, so that I can for example create and use
>> functions like this:
>> q1 <- bind( quantile, 0.25 )
>> lapply( some_list, q1 )
>>
>> It's been a lot of work and unfortunately is not perfect. My bind applies
>> arguments only using positional rule. What I dream of is a function bind2
>> that would apply keyword arguments, like:
>> plot_lines <- bind2( plot, type="l" )
>> which would return
>> function(...) plot( type="l", ... )
>>
>> How to do this in R?
>>
>> Regards,
>> nosek
>> --
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